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Alloxan

An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

Alloxanate

A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.

Alloxanic

Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

Alloxantin

A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.

Alloy

To form a metallic compound.

Alloyage

The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.

Allspice

The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.

Allude

To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.

Allumette

A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.

Alluminor

An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.

Allurement

The act alluring; temptation; enticement.

Allurer

One who, or that which, allures.

Alluring

That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.

Allusion

A figurative or symbolical reference.

Allusively

Figuratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.

Alluvial

Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.

Alluvion

Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

Alluvium

Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.

Allwork

Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.

Ally

See Alley, a marble or taw.

Allyl

An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

Allylene

A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.

Almacantar

Same as Almucantar. A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

Almadie Almadia

A bark canoe used by the Africans. A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.

Almagest

The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.

Almagra

A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.

Almanac

A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc.

Almightiness

Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might.

Almighty

Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.

Almond

The fruit of the almond tree.

almond-shaped

having the shape of an almond, i.e. ellipsoidal with somewhat pointed ends.

Almoner

One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.

Almonry

The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.

Almost

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part.

Alms

Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.

Almsfolk

Persons supported by alms; almsmen.

Almshouse

A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.

Almucantar

A small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. Two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. See Almacantar.

Almuce

Same as Amice, a hood or cape.

Almude

A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the /almud/ is about 1.4 gallons.

Alnage

Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement.

Alnager

A measure by the ell; formerly a sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect and measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

alocasia

any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.

aloe

The wood of the agalloch.

Aloeaceae

One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.

aloes

a purgative made from the leaves of aloe. Same as aloe{3}.

Aloetic

A medicine containing chiefly aloes.

Alogian

One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos.

Alogy

Unreasonableness; absurdity.

Aloin

A bitter purgative principle in aloes.

Alone

Solely; simply; exclusively.

Aloneness

A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.

Along

By the length of, as distinguished from across.

Alongside

Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.

Aloof

Away from; clear from.

Alopecist

A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.

Alopex

a genus of arctic foxes.

Alopiidae

a family of fish comprising the thresher sharks.

Alopius

type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae.

Alosa

the genus comprising the most common varieties of shad. It replaces the older term Clupea. See also shad.

Alose

The European shad (Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa); -- called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Alosa sapidissima formerly Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.

Alouatte Alouatta

One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler{2}.

Aloud

With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.

Alow

Below; in a lower part.

Alp

A bullfinch.

Alpaca

An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.

Alpen

Of or pertaining to the Alps.

Alpenglow

A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif., a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air.

Alpenstock

A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.

Alpestrine

Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.

Alpha

The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.

Alphabet

To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

Alphabetical Alphabetic

Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

Alphabetically

In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.

Alphabetics

The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.

Alphabetism

The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet.

Alphabetize

To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.

alphanumerics

a character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation marks.

Alphol

A crystalline derivative of salicylic acid, used as an antiseptic and antirheumatic.

Alphonsine

Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284).

Alphorn Alpenhorn

A curved wooden horn about three feet long, with a cupped mouthpiece and a bell, used by the Swiss to sound the ranz des vaches and other melodies. Its notes are open harmonics of the tube.

Alpia Alpist

The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.

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